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Event details

Beyond borders, beyond control: Building resilient open science infrastructures

Event:
The Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing
What?
discussion
Where?

Tromsø, Norway

When?
18.11.2025   to   20.11.2025
Who?

Panel chair: Anke Beck (Frontiers),

Participants: Heli Kautonen (University of Turku), Dana Kristjansson (Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Petra Labriga (ZB MED)


This panel explores how open science practices can safeguard both innovation and platform independence in an era where knowledge itself is a strategic commodity.


By way of example, the OLSPub initiative led by ZB MED in Cologne—a leading infrastructure and research center for life sciences data—panelists will showcase a sustainable, open alternative to reliance on third-party platforms and foreign jurisdictions.


Through practical discussion, the panel and audience will address steps policymakers and funders should consider, as well as actionable strategies librarians and researchers can already implement, to foster open platforms that remain independent of governmental agendas and geopolitical influences.